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bough [baʊ] N

bough

主枝 zhǔzhī

bough

大树枝 dà shùzhī

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However, a successful candidate had first to test his mettle by plucking a golden bough from one of the trees in the sacred grove. en.wikipedia.org

It shows symbols of agriculture (pine boughs and rye) and the local terrain (a swift-flowing river from the hills). en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes, moreover, boughs or plants are selected and the individual draws omens of life and death from the fate of his or her choice. en.wikipedia.org

They are expensive to purchase because end-grain wood must be a section through the trunk or large bough of a tree. en.wikipedia.org

That is to say he was cold and refrigate from all concupiscence of the flesh, full of boughs among the trees of heaven. en.wikipedia.org

In order to produce the paper, the boughs are boiled and freed from bark. en.wikipedia.org

Some investigators have supposed that its invention was first created by tying large leaves to bough-like ribs (the branching out parts of an umbrella). en.wikipedia.org

The fertilized herring eggs stick to the boughs, and are easily collected. en.wikipedia.org

The home they built was constructed out of poles covered with hemlock boughs. en.wikipedia.org

It was generally acceptable for visitors to do symbolic embrace with the master and mistress of the house under the bough. en.wikipedia.org

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